The Indianapolis journal., 1887-11-24
HERR MOST ON TRIAL.

Jury Finally Secured and the Case Begun
The Testimony for the Prosecution.
NEW YORK. Nov 23.-The work Of getting
jury to try Johann Most was continued this
morning, and shortly after noon twelve men
had been secured who were satisfactory TO both
sides. The jury was then sworn. Assistant
District Attorney Nicoll opened the case for the
people. The language that the prosecution will
endeavor to prove Most as having used was
this:
every person concerned in the tragedy
(the hanging of the Chicago Anarchsts) from
beginning TO end is marked for destruction.
The revolution is at hand, a voice here cried:
Way not begin to nientp; again l say. arm
yourselves for the revolution. Our is the
bomb-s,ronger than the Gatling gun other
weapons Il kills fifty Grinuell shall
be the first then comes Gary. the judges OF
the Supreme Court of Illinois the judges of the
United States Supreme Court, and let not Ogles-
by think he will escape because he commuted
two of them
Mr.. Nicoll told the jury that the clause of tbs
penal code under which the indctmenr
brought provided that any assembly of three
or more persons. at which was threatened any
unlawful act, was an unlawful assembly, and
the participants guilty of misdemeanor. There
would. doubtless. be great deal said about the
Constitution and free speech, but the same Con-
stitution provided that the abuse of free speech
nesses were detectives Sachs. Roth, and Samuel
Dreyfus. reporter for the City Press Associa-
ton. all of whom understood German and had
made notes OF the meeting. Col. Fellows will
sum cd the case for the prosecution.
Detective Roth was the first witness called.
He told how hs and his brother officers
present at the meeting in disguise, and gave q
detailed account of what said aud done.
John j. Sachs. another detective, corroborated
Roth in full
After the recess Mr. Howe began his cross
examination of detective Sachs. He questioned
the witness very closely about the differences
between bis testimony given to-day and as
given be fore the grand jnry. The witness said
that his memory of the occurren ces at the meet
ing was better to-day than it was when he testi-
fled before the grand jury. The witness
Anarchist He could not do so. but Mr.. Howe
insisted and be said it was "a man who wanted
He said that Most began his speech in German,
Brother Anarchists. Mr.. Howe had the wit
repeat over German and English, and
the witness became very much confused. Most
seemed delighted at the discontinue of the wit
ness to whose relief Mr. Nicoll tried to come by
claiming that this had nothing to do
with the charge against Most. Mr.. Howe
persisted however, and made the witness ac-
knowledge that he was mistaken whom he testi-
fed before the grand jury that Most began his
speech by addressing his hearers as "Feilow-
slaves" Then be admitted that he did not
know whether Most said ''Fellow-slaves," or
"Brcther Anarchists" He was sadly mixed ND
and Most fairly squirmed in his chair with de-
light 1t took the witness fifteen minutes to
saw that the meeting had been peaceable one.
When at last he had said so, Mr.. Howe looked
him from head to foot and said: 'sThats all,
my friend; that's all"
Solomon Dreyfus, q reporter for the City
Press Association, testified that Most had said
that the police and members of the capitsstc
press had sharp teeth, but that those teeth
would be bluutsd Mr.. Dreyf1s gave as correct
a version as he could of the speech. and told how
Most had threatened the Chicago prosecuting
attorney, the judges and Governor Og!esby,
and had predicted the coming of revolution.
The witness said that Most in conclusion said,
81 am Anarchist: long live anarchy"
In ncross-examination Mr.. Howe asked this
witness il Most's concluding words were ''locg
live anarchy or rise anarchy" The witness
thought he had said both. Mr.. Howe then drew
from the witness that bis brother a reporter on
the World, had got his version of the speech
from the witness. He also got the witness to
say that detective Sachs had called at his house
and talked about the After good deal
of beating about the bush the witness &C
knowledeed that his brother was TO get paid for
nished by the witness.
Joseph C. Brunner one of Inspector Byrnes's
detectives. was next called. He said his special
work was to attend the Anarchists meetings.
Mr.. Nicoll produced a small book called "a
Manual of Revolutionary Warfare" by Johann
Most, and asked the witness if he had read the
book.
Mr. Howe objected and Mr. Nicoll argued, but
Judge Cowing decided in favor of the defense.
Then Mr.. Nicoll tossed the book the table
and said, ''Thats all; the people rest"
Mr. Howe then moved for the discharge OF
the prisoner, having been made out.
This Judge Cowine refused. Mr.. Howe then
said he had about twenty witnesses, and would
require day two to examine them The
cautionng the iurymen not to read newspaper
accounts Of the trial.